Partnership Development Manager

Mindshare Worldwide; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Group M Worldwide Inc. is seeking a skilled partnership manager in London to broker partnerships and unlock strategic value for major clients. The role involves developing and managing joint business plans, fostering relationships with stakeholders, and identifying new partnership opportunities to deliver measurable outcomes. Ideal candidates will possess strong partnership management experience, exceptional communication and analytical skills, and thrive in a dynamic environment focused on collaborative growth.

Benefits

Competitive medical benefits

Group retirement plans

Paid time off

Preferential partner discounts

Employee mental health awareness days

Qualifications

• Proven partnership management experience (either locally or globally).
• Experience in the development and management of client-partner JBPs.
• Proven ability to work directly with platforms and partners to develop new potential opportunities to strengthen the partnership.
• Clear views on global JBPs and their implications.
• Previous experience of managing global value pots, their tracking and distribution.
• Experience of case study development and collation.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, being able to confidently and clearly present work to clients, media owners, and internal stakeholders.
• High level numeracy and analysis skills to interrogate data and extract actionable insights.
• Ability to thrive and work independently in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills and creative problem-solving ability.
• Proactive attitude, self-starter, and ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.
• Attention to detail and teamwork approach.

Responsibilities

• Develop an intimate knowledge of Unilever’s JBPs and SBPs, and understand how these can be applied centrally and in the market.
• Build relationships with key investment stakeholders locally for value attribution and utilisation.
• Manage a partnership opportunity process to identify new potential strategic partnerships across the digital ecosystem.
• Develop a growth plan for Amazon JBP beyond commerce into brand value unlocks.
• Attend weekly face-to-face meetings with key updates, challenges, barriers, and opportunities.
• Work with the wider client team to exploit JBP and SBP agreements for new opportunities.
• Form strong relationships with WPP Media Partnerships stakeholders to augment client JBPs.

Skills

Partnership management experience

Client-partner JBPs development

Verbal communication skills

Analytical skills

Troubleshooting skills

Job description

About WPP Media

WPP is the creative transformation company. We use the power of creativity to build better futures for our people, planet, clients and communities. For more information, visit wpp.com.

WPP Media is WPP’s global media collective. In a world where media is everywhere and in everything, we bring the best platform, people, and partners together to create limitless opportunities for growth. For more information, visit wppmedia.com

About Mindshare: A Leading WPP Media Brand

Mindshare delivers Good Growth for its clients. As “Growth Architects," we drive growth that benefits all stakeholders — better for people, planet, and business — by using media with intention. This approach creates more meaningful connections with consumers, increases consumer trust in the brand, and delivers better outcomes for all stakeholders.

Role Summary and Impact

This is a pivotal role working in a central partnership and JBP development team, working directly with Partnership clients in London.

This role is responsible for helping to broker partnerships with key platforms (google, meta, tiktok, TheTradeDesk) for Unilever and unlock strategic value, while distributing current commercial added value. Additionally, the role explores and evaluates new potential partnership opportunities and brings those to client with recommendation.

As there is more than €1.5bn going through our key partnerships – there is significant value (both commercial and strategic) that needs to be managed, allocated and distributed centrally.

We are also expected to have weekly face to face meetings with key senior partnership clients to update on latest status, value and opportunities.

Role Responsibilities

• Develop an intimate knowledge of Unilever’s JBPs (Joint Business Plans) and SBPs (Strategic Business Plans) – and understand how this can be applied and drawn down on centrally and in market
• Build relationships with key investment stakeholders locally, to partner on value attribution and utilisation
• Build and manage a partnership opportunity process- helping to identify new possible strategic partnerships across the digital ecosystem that can bring additional value to our clients
• Develop a growth plan for our Amazon JBP that goes beyond commerce and into brand value unlocks
• Attend weekly F2F meetings with key updates, challenges, barriers and opportunities
• Work with the wider client team to understand how JBP and SBP agreements can be exploited to unlock new opportunities and incremental value across all client operations
• Form strong relationship with WPP Media Partnerships stakeholders – understanding where we can augment client JBPs with WPP agreements and leverage

Skills and Experience

At WPP Media, we believe in the power of our culture and our people. It’s what elevates us to deliver exceptional experiences for both our clients and each other. In this role it will be critical to embrace WPP & WPP Media’s shared core values:

• Be Extraordinary by Leading Collectively to Inspire transformational Creativity.
• Create an Open environment by Balancing People and Client Experiences by Cultivating Trust.
• Lead Optimistically by Championing Growthand Development to Mobilize the Enterprise.

• Provenpartnership management experience (either locally or globally)
• Experience in the development and management of client-partner JBPs
• Proven ability to work directly with platforms and partners to develop new potential opportunities to strengthen the partnership
• Clear views on the necessity of global JBPs and their implications
• Previous experience of managing global value pots, their tracking and distribution
• Experience of case study development and collation
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills, being able to confidently and clearly present work to clients, media owners and internal stakeholders and a face-to-face capacity
• High level numeracy and analysis skills, to be able to interrogate data and coming out with actionable insights to inform business decisions.
• Ability to thrive and work independently in an incredibly fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent troubleshooting skills: ability to quickly and creatively solve issues (both technical and operational)
• Ability to communicate process driven approaches clearly and effectively to non-technical individuals
• A proactive, “can do” attitude. Self-starter and motivator with the ability to work in an autonomous fast paced environment doing what is necessary to deliver with speed, agility and forward-thinking.
• The ability to achieve high quality results by paying attention to detail. Team Player and willing to help with any task thrown at them

Life at WPP Media & Benefits

Our passion for shaping the next era of media includes investing in our employees to help them do their best work, and we’re just as committed to employee growth as we are to responsible media investment. WPP Media employees can tap into the global WPP Media & WPP networks to pursue their passions, grow their networks, and learn at the cutting edge of marketing and advertising. We have a variety of employee resource groups and host frequent in-office events showcasing team wins, sharing thought leadership, and celebrating holidays and milestone events. Our benefits include competitive medical, group retirement plans, vision, and dental insurance, significant paid time off, preferential partner discounts, and employee mental health awareness days.

WPP Media is an equal opportunity employer and considers applicants for all positions without discrimination or regard to particular characteristics. We are committed to fostering a culture of respect in which everyone feels they belong and has the same opportunities to progress in their careers.

We believe the best work happens when we're together, fostering creativity, collaboration, and connection. That's why we’ve adopted a hybrid approach, with teams in the office around four days a week. If you require accommodations or flexibility, please discuss this with the hiring team during the interview process.

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